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All undergraduate students except Echols Scholars are required to fulfill Area Requirements by earning the proper number of credits from courses taken in each of five different academic subject areas. The list of subject areas and their related credit requirement is:
Transfer credit earned before matriculation may be applied toward fulfillment of area requirements.
It is strongly recommended that all area requirements be completed by the end of the fourth semester.
Courses taken to fulfill an area requirement may count toward a major and also satisfy the Second Writing Requirement.
Classes that qualify for area requirements:
To help students keep track of their earned area requirements, the College offers a College Area Requirements Checklist.
You must pass at least one course worth 3 credits or more from two of the following departments and programs:
Courses taken for this requirement may also count toward one other Area Requirement.
You must pass at least one course worth 3 credits or more from two of the following groups of departments and programs:
Courses taken for this requirement may also count toward one other Area Requirement.
You must pass at least one course worth 3 credits or more either from the History Department or from a class determined by the faculty to be substantially historical. Classes that meet this requirement change each semester. Qualifying courses can be found in the SIS Course Catalog.
Courses taken to fulfill the Historical Studies Area Requirement may also count toward fulfilling one other Area Requirement.
You must pass at least one course worth 3 or more credits which the faculty recognizes as dealing substantially with a culture other than Western. Classes that meet this requirement change each semester. Classes that meet this requirement change each semester. Qualifying courses can be found in the SIS Course Catalog.
Courses taken to fulfill the Non-Western Perspectives Area Requirement may count also toward fulfilling one other Area Requirement.
Students must pass 12 hours of natural science and/or mathematics courses from at least two departments. Courses that count toward this requirement may be chosen from:
Students are strongly encouraged to include courses in mathematics, the physical sciences and the biological sciences.
For this requirement, statistics, mathematics and the above three economics courses are considered to come from one department. This means you cannot satisfy this requirement with just these courses.
Exceptions include:
Courses designated as 1000T are equivalencies as determined by the College of Arts & Sciences. These courses are considered elective credit and do not satisfy this requirement.